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<H1>Symbolic Debug File Conversion Tool (ildbconv.exe)</H1>

 
<p>The Shared Source CLI (SSCLI) 2.0 supports source-level debugging with the 
cordbg managed code debugger (see <a href="cordbg.html">cordbg.html</a>).&nbsp; 
Symbolic information is stored by the SSCLI &nbsp;implementation of the compilers in 
.ildb database files.&nbsp; This file format is different then the .pdb file 
format supported by the compilers (Visual C#, JScript, Visual C++ .NET, Visual Basic 
.NET, and so on) in the .Microsoft NET Framework SDK and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.&nbsp;</p>

 
<p>The .ildb format was created for the SSCLI in order to have a small, 
platform-independent symbolic format for debugging managed code.</p>

 
<p>The application file for the symbolic debug file conversion tool is named ildbconv.exe in the 
Shared Source CLI (SSCLI)  on Microsoft Windows&reg;.</p>
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        The .ildb conversion tool (ildbconv) allows conversion of SSCLI .ildb to .pdb 
format and .pdb to .ildb format.&nbsp; The source for this  tool can be found at
<a href="../../tools/ildbconv/ildbconv.cpp">
    sscli20\tools\ildbconv\ildbconv.cpp</a>.&nbsp; 
Use this tool to convert between these debug information formats if you want to debug into the 
same assembly on both the SSCLI and the .NET Framework. 
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<h4>Usage</h4>

 
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<pre>ildbconv <i>[options] filename</i></pre>

 
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<p>Options can be specified using either a dash (-) or a slash (/). </p>
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<TH width=33%>Option</TH>
<TH width=67%>Description</TH>
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<TD width=33%><b>/toildb</b></TD>
<TD width=67%>Convert <i>filename</i> from .pdb to .ildb</TD>
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<TD width=33%><b>/topdb</b></TD>
<TD width=67%>Convert <i>filename</i> from .ildb to .pdb</TD>
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<TD width=33%><b>/?</b></TD>
<TD width=67%>Displays the command syntax and options for the tool.
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<h5>See Also</h5>

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